Entertainment

You’re invited to join fellow readers, soak up the congenial Filberg Lodge atmosphere and discuss selected books in the Filberg Readers’ Circle.

When people hear the word star, they generally think of a white constellation in the sky or an actor in a movie or play. But there is another definition: a glowing, twinkling light that shines on and on with a steady flow of energy at its centre.

Some things old, some things new, some things borrowed and some things blue.

One of Western Canada’s most exciting young folk bands, The Tequila Mockingbird Orchestra, delivers its brand of acoustic, high-energy, gypsy-ska-roots-grass at the Mex Pub on Friday, Jan. 14.

Bumbleberry Jam will be featured as the guest artists at the monthly Cumberland Coffeehouse this Sunday, Jan. 9.

Mattina Musica, a new morning concert series for classical aficionados, continues on Monday, Jan. 17, with pianist Sarah Hagen.

Have you ever noticed how singing can totally change your attitude?

New Year’s question 1: What popular activity can you enjoy both indoors and outdoors, build vast amounts of new neural connections in the brain with, do in groups or alone by the young or the very old, and have it result in a deeper appreciation of beauty?